The Spanish Present Tense

• The Spanish present tense is used in Spanish to show that something is currently happening.
• In order to use the present tense we first have to look at the verb we want to modify.

There are three different endings endings a verb can have.

AR	ER	IR
EX: Tomar, Jugar, Tocar,etc.	EX: Hacer, Tener, etc.	EX: IR, Venir, etc.

• In order to use the present tense, you have to first drop the ending.

EX: Habl -ar "The underlined letters should be dropped."

• Once you have dropped the ending you need to find out who is doing the action and if it is has an -ar, -er, or -ir ending.
• Once you have figured that out you need to know the endings you add to the stem depending on the ending.

For example the
-Ar Verbs (verbs that have an -AR as an ending.)

o	amos
as	áis
a	an

• The chart above shows the different endings for if you, he or she is doing the action.

I/ Yo	We/ Nosotros
You(informal)/ Tú	you all(informal)/ Vosotros
you(formal)/ Usted, She/ Ella He/ Él	They masculine/ Ellos They feminine/ Ellas You all(formal)/ Ustedes

*Extra Tip: When conjugating any verb in Spanish, no matter what tense is, the chart will always be like this.

• The same goes for the -er and -Ir except they have different endings.
• -er verbs react the same as -AR except the endings are different.
• The chart below shows the endings for different conjugation.

o	emos
es	éis
e	en

-IR verbs react the same as -ER except the endings change.

o	imos
es	ís
e	en

Examples
She is talking
1. Habl ar
2. Habl
3. Habla

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Regular Present Tense

Regular present is to describe what is happening now.

First you take the verb and take the ending off (the -ar, -er, or -ir).

Then add an ending that corresponds to who is receiving the verb.


-ar verbs

-o	-amos
-as	-áis
-a	-an

-er verbs

-o	-emos
-es	-éis
-e	-en

-ir verbs

-o	-imos
-es	-ís
e	-en

Examples:


1.) First take the infinitive:

comer

2.) Then take the ending off:

com-

3.)Then add an ending:

ella come
she eats




-ar verbs
http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/justar.htm

-er verbs
http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/juster.htm

-ir verbs
http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/justir.htm


Practice
http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=spanish&id=1&source=public&type=verbs


ar endings

o	amos
as	ais
a	an

er endings

o	emos
es	eis
e	en

ir endings

o	imos
es	is
e	en

• Used to talk about actions that always take place, or that are happening now.
• Use the present to talk about what someone is doing or what someone does.
• ex: I study Spanish; Estudio espanol.
• http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/pireg.htm

Example



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